Hey guys, sorry it took me so long on this chapter. I had serious writers block and it still didnt turn out how I wanted. Check it out and let me know what you think
Burke quickly made his way to the surgical floor of the hospital. He opted to take the stairs instead of the elevator and as he was ascending the last step he was spotted by Shepard.
"Preston!" Derek calls out as he approaches Burke.
"Hey Derek, have you seen the Chief?" he asked rushed.
"Yeah, he just went into a meeting. How's Christina doing? Meredith told me what happened." He asked concerned.
"She's as good as can be expected. I just left her at the apartment. Have you seen him around?" Burke asked implying Savage. Shepard sighed.
"Actually, that's who the chief's in with right now. I tried telling him about…" Shepard trailed off as Burke began hurrying towards the Chief's office.
"Burke! What are you doing? You can't just go busting in there!" Derek protested as he trailed Burke down the hallway.
Burke quickly turned to face Shepard.
"The hell I can't. A couple years ago that man beat her to within an inch of her life, last night he slammed her head into a locker, and this morning he punched her in the face. Now he's trying to cover his ass by going to the chief beforehand, I'm not letting him get away with this!" Burke explained infuriated. Derek stood there in shock
"Let's go. I'll help you break down the door." He said as they begin jogging to the end of the hallway.
Devon sat in Webber's office weaving the biggest web of lies imaginable. He wasn't sure is the chief was buying his story but he seemed sympathetic enough.
"…So I was just standing in the men's room when Dr. Burke came in and began threatening me. It was frightening, to say the least and I was wondering if there was anything that could be done to reprimand him. I know he's an attending and I'm an intern but…" Devon was abruptly interrupted when Burke and Shepard came bursting through the door. This caused Webber to jump out of his chair.
"What the hell do you guys think your doing!" He bellowed. Burke didn't even hear the chief's protest however, he had his sights set on the intern still seated.
"You stupid son of a bitch!" He said rushing over to the chair. Savage quickly shot out of the chair and began backing away from Burke.
"Preston!" the chief screamed. "Have you lost your mind?"
But it was too late. In the midst of the chief's shouts, Burke had caught Savage by the collar and punched him, sending him sailing over the chief's desk. Burke followed him over the desk. Once again he grabbed him by the collar with both hands pulling him up to his feet, only to slam him into the wall behind them.
"You're a big man aren't you Savage! You like to beat women, scare them, threaten them? Look at how big you are now, you coward! I guess I didn't make myself clear the first time, you go near Christina again and I'll kill you. It's that simple. You got it?" Burke didn't wait for a response; instead he launched another punch into the intern's stomach. Then Derek was there pulling him away.
"All right Preston, that's all you get." He said as he guided Burke towards the other side of the room.
The chief continued to just stand to the side of desk in complete shock. He looked at his top two surgeons in one corner of the room, and then looked over to the intern stooped over in pain behind his desk.
"Ok, what the hell is going on?" he yells again, regaining his voice.
"What's going on is that I'm asking for another transfer. This hospital is insane! You always let your attending's run around assaulting poor unsuspecting interns!" Savage says as he clutches his side in pain.
"I'll show you unsuspecting…" Burke mumbles as he takes off towards Savage again. Derek, however, is there to hold him back.
"Preston!" Webber screams. "Get a hold of yourself!" he sees the attending calm down a bit and continues. "Now how about we try and resolve this like men?" Webber proposes.
"Don't bother." Savage says as he staggers from out behind the chiefs desk. "I'm out of here."
"If I have it my way you'll be headed toward a jail cell." Burke shouts through Derek who is standing in between the two men. Savage stops and smirks a little.
"You really love her don't you?" he says to Burke in a mocking voice.
"Yes I do." Burke responds in a low serious voice. Savage chuckles this time.
"Would you still love her if you knew she was addicted to cocaine in College? Got so hopped up one night she almost killed herself." Savage laughs again. "Doesn't sound like your precious little Christina does it?"
"Enough!" Burke growled, anger pouring out of him.
"What you don't like that story? I could go on, you'd be surprised to hear the kind of skeletons that girl has hidden in her closet. Bet you wouldn't still love her after you'd heard them." He finished with his mocking voice.
It was now Burke's turn to laugh. His reaction however caught the three other men off guard.
"You're really that stupid aren't you?" Burke says returning his mocking tone. Savage's face turned red with the insult. "Any story you could tell me about her past, has nothing to so with the person she is now. Besides, my love for her isn't that shallow. Nothing you could say could ever change my feelings about her." Burke stops and laughs again. "You know I feel sorry for you, because you obviously haven't experiences true love. Maybe if you had, you wouldn't be the piece of shit you are now." Burke ended his speech with a smile. Savage on the other hand was livid.
"You haven't seen the last of me Burke!"
"I better have!" Burke returns as Savage leaves the room.
Webber lets out a long breath. "There really is never a dull moment here at Seattle Grace."
